US certain to hold talks with Iran on Iraq - Rice

Saturday, March 25, 2006, 2:33 [IST]

WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (Reuters) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that she was quite certain that the United States will hold talks with Iran about Iraq.

''Those meetings will take place at an appropriate time,'' Rice told reporters. Washington has charged Tehran, its longtime foe, with meddling in the sectarian strife in Iraq, a charge Iran denies. Iran said earlier this month it was open to talks on the issue.

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22 reporters held in Belarus this week--watchdog

Saturday, March 25, 2006,2:33 [IST]

PARIS, Mar 24 (Reuters) Police in Belarus have arrested 22 reporters since the beginning of this week, an international media watchdog said today in what it called an unprecedented crackdown on journalistic freedom. ''These arrests are intended to gag dissent and to sow a climate of terror in the country. The independent journalists should be immediately released,'' the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement. RSF said 13 of the journalists were still in.....

Henin-Hardenne makes early Miami exit, Mauresmo motors

Saturday, March 25, 2006,2:33 [IST]

MIAMI, Mar 24 (Reuters) Justine Henin-Hardenne became the highest-seeded casualty at the Nasdaq-100 Open after she was beaten 7-5 6-4 by American Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round today . World number one Amelie Mauresmo, however, had no such problems. The Frenchwoman took just 44 minutes to embarrass Australian Samantha Stosur 6-0 6-0, having faced only one break point during the whitewash. Stosur, who has won three doubles titles this season, was plagued by 26.....

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Randy Quaid sues studio over 'Brokeback Mountain'

Saturday, March 25, 2006,4:33 [IST]

Los Angeles, Mar 25: Actor Randy Quaid has sued the studio and producers behind ''Brokeback Mountain'' for million, saying he was underpaid for his supporting role in the acclaimed film about two cowboys who fall in love.According to the lawsuit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, producers tricked Quaid into appearing in the movie for what was ''effectively a donation of his time'' by ''falsely representing it as a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect of making.....

Iraq oil-for-food papers available until year end

Saturday, March 25, 2006,4:33 [IST]

United Nations, Mar 25: The UN-established panel that investigated the Iraq oil-for-food program will stay open until the end of the year to allow prosecutors access to its documents, the United Nations said.Investigators and prosecutors from 28 countries have already requested documents from the Independent Inquiry Committee since it released its final report on October 27, said Michael Holtzman, spokesman for the IIC, whose Manhattan office has been reduced to a skeletal staff.The IIC had been scheduled to.....

US Senate hearing set on move to censure Bush

Saturday, March 25, 2006,4:33 [IST]

WASHINGTON, Mar 25 (Reuters) The Republican-led US Senate Judiciary Committee has announced it will hold a hearing next week on a call by a Democratic lawmaker to censure President George W Bush for his domestic spy program. In a one-sentence notice yesterday, the panel said the hearing would be held next Friday by the order of its chairman, Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Democratic Sen Russ Feingold of Wisconsin introduced a resolution last week.....